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Flagellum
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1Flagella are involved in chemotaxis
- ATrue
- BFalse
2Flagella are made of actin
- ATrue
- BFalse
3Cilia and flagella are...
- AThe same thing
- BSimilar but flagella are shorter and only wave back and forth
- CSimilar but cilia are shorter and only wave back and forth
4What is the name of the central microtubule in the flagella?
- AAxoneme
- BMetaneme
- CMedianeme
5Which motor protein holds it all together?
- ADyenin
- BMyosin
- CKinesin
6Myosin attaches to two microtubules and bends them to create motion
- ATrue
- BFalse
7The sliding of the microtubules over each other is powered by
- AATP hydrolysis
- BGTP hydrolysis
- CUTP hydrolysis
8What is this an image of?
- APeritrichous bacteria
- BPetrichous bacteria
- CPericentric Bacteria
9Name the parts labelled by the arrows
- ABasal body
- BHook
- CFilament
- DFlagella body
- ECoil
- FRoot
10The flagella is made up of the 'flagellum' protein
- ATrue
- BFalse
11How many protofilaments make a filament?
- A10
- B11
- C12
12The filament can rotate 180 degrees
- ATrue
- BFalse
13The following image shows Conformational Switching
- ATrue
- BFalse
14Quick switching between the right and left configurations allows the bacteria to what?
- AChange directions
- BSpeed up/slow down
- CAttack/release a surface
15Which of the following are the two different repeat distances protofilaments can take
- A52.7 A
- B51.9 A
- C53.6 A
- D50.1 A
16Switching between protofilament differences causes the bacteria to speed up/slow down
- ATrue
- BFalse
17Which of the following is used to provide an overall map of filament structure?
- ACryo-Electron Microscapy
- BX-Ray Crystallography
- CX-Ray fibre diffraction
18X-Ray crystallography was used to sow the arrangement of the molecules in a fibre
- ATrue
- BFalse
19X-Ray Ribre Diffraction was used to identify individual subunits
- ATrue
- BFalse
20How was a fluorophore used to measure speed and rotation?
- AThe filament was removed and fluorescent bead attached to the hook, which could still move freely
- BThe hook was removed and fluorescent bead attached to the filament, which could still move freely
- CFluorescent optics measures the changes in light intensity
21What can be measured by the flurophore method?
- ASpeed of rotation
- BRotation width
- CHook size
- DFilament structure
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- Structural Basis for Biological Function (Molecular Motors) Quiz on Flagellum, created by gina_evans0312 on 17/12/2013.
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